2010 Headlines

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Go Green: Which method of shopping is the greenest? - My Suburban Life (12/23)
New ideas enhance efficiency of wind turbines - ChemInfo (12/22)
A report from E3 2010: The Midwest’s Premier Energy, Environment and Economic Conference - ChEnected (12/14)
New machine simulates the sunlight of more than 3,000 suns - MNDaily (12/10)
What is Nature Worth? - Treehugger (12/9)
Has VG Energy stumbled on the elusive algae "lipid trigger"? - Energy Boom (12/9)
U makes strides toward wind energy - MN Daily (12/2)
Global warming burning lakes? - National Geographic News (12/2)
U of M students attending climate talks hope for progress - MPR (12/1)
U of M students blog from Cancun climate summit - MPR (11/30)
Advocate seeks new directions on energy - Pioneer Press (11/30)
Syracuse University, UM Researchers Improve Wind Turbine Efficiency - Daily Tech (11/22)
U of M to host Midwest's premier enery, economic and environmental conference Nov. 30-Dec. 1 - UNews (11/18)
University hosts forum on effects of dams on rivers - MNDaily (11/12)
Putting Classroom Theory into Practice - Worldwatch (11/11)
Study: Farming affects carbon levels - MNDaily (11/9)
Nature's carbon reservoirs declining, warns study by universities of Minnesota and Wisconsin - MinnPost (11/4)
Expanding croplands chipping away at world's carbon stock - Media Newswire (11/1)
Clearing tropical forests is a lose-lose - NewScientist (11/1)
UW study details trade-off of growing crops, climate change - JSOnline (11/1)
Expansion of cropland is stretching earth's ability to store carbon - Yale 360 (11/2)
Expanding croplands chipping away at world's carbon stocks - Science News (11/2)
Expanding croplands chipping away at world's carbon stocks - UNews (11/1)
Earth losing its ability to store carbon - MPR (11/1)
Names you need to know in 2011: Natural Capital Project - Forbes (10/29)
St. Kate's students competing in social enterprise competition - MN Campus Compact (10/27)
10 big green ideas - Newsweek (10/18)
Starr, students discuss Uganda - The Lariat Online (10/13)
U of M Morris to fire up a new green energy system - WCCO (10/6)
Maroon, gold and green - MN Daily (9/22)
Riverbend programs focus on sustainability - Republican Eagle (9/22)
Innovation of the Week: The Acara Institute - Leader to Leader (9/16)
IonE sponsors bioenergy conference - MN Daily (9/16)
Biofuels focus of energy congerence in Minneapolis - MPR (9/13)
Minnesota farmer battles Gulf 'dead zone' - CNN (8/28)
All Consuming - SEED (8/23)
“All consuming:” U of M’s Momentum on population, health, environment, and more - The New Security Beat (8/23)
Are these small dogs more eco-friendly than your lab? - Grist (8/20)
Big wind-power project coming to Rosemount - Finance & Commerce (8/20)
U of M receives $10M grant to study climate change - Minnesota Public Radio (8/20)
U of M team to lead $10M NSF project on the study of global climate change - R&D (8/19)
Making Waves - New Scientist (8/10)
Wind-to-battery project is considered a success - Daily Globe (8/6)
Xcel looks to store excess wind energy in giant batteries - Pioneer Press (8/3)
Asking 'What if?' and 'Why not?' about the riverfront - Star Tribune (8/1)
Rosemount turbine won't get much of a breeze - Star Tribune (7/30)
Expert: Win climate change debate by easing off science - Post Independent (7/30)
U of M project one of 15 picked for DOE funding - Finance & Commerce (7/23)
Viral Genetics Appoints Biofuel Specialist to Advisory Board - Electric Light & Power (7/20)
Community notebook: Riverfront visions - Downtown Journal (7/16)
Long-term environmental implications of the gulf oil spill - Minnesota Public Radio (7/14)
Great lake warms up - Star Tribune (7/9)
U students win 2010 Acara Challenge - Minnesota Daily (6/30)
Minnesota NISE brings together academic, business for sustainability effort - Mpls-St. Paul Business Journal (6/18)
A lesson from smallpox: You can fix the system - MPR (6/15)
Minnesota plant will produce fertilizer from wind - AP (6/10)
Companies can cash in on improved utility grid - Pioneer Press (6/9)
MCR&PC and IREE join forces on five value-added ag research projects - Minnesota Corn Growers (6/7)
Student social entrepreneurs plan new company to bring biogas services to rural India - The Line (6/2)
UM Research to Turn Farm Trash into Fuel - Fox9 (6/1)
Acara Challenge 2010: Eight Social Business Ideas - Next Billion (5/20)
U of M Institute invites industry to help set environmental research priorities - MinnPost (5/17)
Earth in the Balance: 7 Crucial Tipping Points - Live Science (5/17)
Report: More work needed on Minnesota's green economy - Star Tribune (5/12)
Chemistry professors awarded IREE grant for solar cell research - UMM News (5/12)
Acara Institute : Creating sustainable social businesses - Your Story (5/6)
The Other Inconvenient Truth - SEED (reprinted from E360) (5/4)
Proposals sprout from new program - Minnesota Daily (5/3)
Charting the Frozen Continent - Boing Boing (5/2)
Planet Doom - New Republic (4/28)
Water for Mulobere Documentary Premieres in Coffman - Minnesota Daily (4/27)
Agriculture emits more greenhouse gas than transportation - EarthSky News (4/26)
Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment awards over $5.1 million - Bio-Based News (4/22)
Good Question: Is The Earth Better Since Earth Day? - WCCO-TV (4/22)
IREE awards $3.7M to university energy projects - Minnesota Daily (4/20)
Documentary "Water for Mulobere" premieres April 27 at the University of Minnesota - UNews (4/16)
University of Minnesota's David Tilman wins Heineken Prize - MinnPost (4/15)
Video warns of environmental dangers ahead - MinnPost (4/1)
Study warns of environment tipping points - UPI (3/29)
Video: Have we pushed earth past the tipping point? - Climate Progress (3/26)
Climate Change Just One Of Earth's Critical Problems - Newsroom American (3/24)
$8 million award to aid in wind turbine research - Minnesota Daily (3/22)
A bright idea in the states' rights fight? - Star Tribune (3/16)
Deodorant maker fouls the air - The Environment Report (3/16)
Communicating "green" one rain garden at a time - School of Journalism & Mass Communication (3/13)
U of M speaker says global land use must be considered in biofuel debate - AgriNews.com (3/11)
U Researcher: Public is key to environmental success - Minnesota Daily (3/10)
Limiting school choice in St. Paul: But at what cost? - Pioneer Press (3/9)
Slow down, green movement - Minnesota Daily (3/3)
Biofuel breakdown - The Scientist (3/1)
As the turbine blades turn - Star Tribune (2/28)
Algae based fuel is not a silver bullet - Triple Pundit (2/23)
Global Sustainable Bioenergy Project offers a new approach to key bioenergy issues - Wiley Interscience (2/24)
New rules on corn ethanol may hurt environment - Reuters (2/17)
Is Ethanol from Corn Bad for the Climate? - Scientific American (2/12)
Climate and Energy - The Hidden Stories - The Why Files (2/11)
Solar Research Goes Thermal - Minnesota Daily (2/10)
Algae as Biofuel Still Rough Around the Edges - Science News (1/26)

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